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Planning and development

July 2024

The US Navy Virginia-class submarine USS North Carolina in Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia.

Is Perth ready to welcome nuclear submarines?

Officials are publicly confident Perth is ready to host nuclear-powered submarines. Others are worried by slow progress.

  • Andrew Tillett

January 2020

Brookfield has begun construction at One The Esplanade tower.

Brookfield begins Chevron HQ after Invesco buys in

Chevron bought the Elizabeth Quay site in 2013 then appointed Brookfield in 2018 to develop its new corporate headquarters.

  • Nick Lenaghan and Ingrid Fuary-Wagner

December 2019

Perth-based developer Gary Dempsey plans to build four more luxury apartment projects including a beachfront co-living development in the next two years.

Perth prime developments ramp up

Despite the lingering oversupply of apartments in Perth, local developer Gary Dempsey is ramping up his high-end residential developments amid signs of nascent recovery in the market.

  • Nila Sweeney
The Peppermint Grove site before the elaborate half-built mansion's demolition in 2016.

'Taj on Swan' blocks on sale in prestigious Peppermint Grove

The buyers of Pankaj and Radhika Oswal's dream Perth site are subdividing it before building their own family home.

  • Michael Bleby

June 2019

Artist's renders of one of the new halls of residence and how Curtin University's main Perth campus will look upon completion of Stage One of the $300 million Exchange project. 

Curtin University to develop $300 million mixed-use hub

Perth-based institution will nearly double its student accommodation facilities as it taps a growing global market.

  • Michael Bleby

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